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Students investigate how storms and rising sea levels have changed New Jersey’s coast.

Inquire: Students examine the impact of coastal storms on lighthouses on the New Jersey shore.
Investigate: Students compare differences in coastline edges due to erosion and sea level rise.
Inspire: Students evaluate different strategies to deal with changes in the coastline caused by erosion.
Grade 3-5
Subject Social Studies
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Students explore the role of lighthouses over time and create a lighthouse design to represent their identity.

Inquire: Students compare the functional importance of lighthouses to a community both in the past and in the present.
Investigate: Students construct a historic timeline of New Jersey lighthouses.
Inspire: Students create a unique lighthouse design to represent themselves.
Grade 3-5
Subject Social Studies
Resource Type Lesson Plan

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Students learn about lighthouse keepers, discuss a photo documentation project, and create their own.

Inquire: Students read about Katie Walker, a lighthouse keeper from the 1800s, to learn about the importance of documenting one’s local environment.
Investigate: Students explore a climate change photo documentation project and reflect on how documentation can preserve history.
Inspire: Students design their own photo montage to record the history of their class or school.
Grade 3-5
Subject Social Studies
Resource Type Lesson Plan


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